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Daily horoscope for Friday, May 4, 2018
byAries (March 21-April 19) It’s Friday but it’s a serious Friday. People are in work mode. (Sunday is the day to play.) You are high viz.. People notice you. Make note that relations with parents and bosses are a bit restrained. Stick to business and impress people with your work ethic. Taurus (April 20-May 20) […]
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Samsung Galaxy S9+ smartphone features sharp camera, speed, impressive design
byAnother year, another Samsung Galaxy smartphone is unveiled. It’s an annual ritual. Depending on the year and how much is changing, the level of reaction can vary. But the key questions are always the same for those who prefer the Android side of the smartphone aisle: What’s new, and who should upgrade? I recently spent […]
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Opinion An American woman wearing a Chinese dress is not cultural appropriation
byMinorities face real problems in the US. What a waste of energy to harangue a teenager for wearing a Chinese dress. When is a dress just a dress? Remember those photos of the little cocktail number that looked blue with black lace to some and white with gold lace to others when they were in fact the […]
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Green Beauty Products: A Secret Weapon Against Health Risks?
byBelieve it or not, eating strawberries may be better at whitening your teeth than any synthetic chemical compound. Credit: Richard Hemmer, FlickrCC Going green is always beneficial, especially when it comes to your beauty routine. Using more eco-friendly products will not only protect you, but it will also help you protect the environment, and a […]
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French president calls for new Indo-Pacific “axis” against China
byIncreasingly besieged at home by working class struggles against his draconian labour laws, French President Emmanuel Macron travelled to the other side of the world this week for a six-day visit to Australia and the nearby French outpost of New Caledonia. While Macron is undoubtedly seeking to use the trip to shore up his position […]
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Twitter urges all 336M users to reset passwords due to hashing bug
byTwitter on Thursday issued a security alert recommending its 336 million users change their passwords, the result of an apparent bug that caused some codes to be stored unprotected on an internal log. The company revealed the issue in a post to its official blog and a tweets from Twitter Support. CEO Jack Dorsey and Twitter’s official account retweeted the […]
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Travel Suppliers
byA group of travel agents who spoke to Travel Market Report recently, raised an old issue that’s attracting new interest: suppliers who don’t pay agents the commissions they are due. Sometimes it’s a hotel that offers to upgrade a guest, then cancels the agent’s booking and rebooks the reservation, so the agent does not get […]
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Alibaba’s sales surge continues
byChinese e-commerce giant Alibaba saw revenues surge by a better-than-expected 61% in the January-to-March quarter. Revenues hit 61.9bn yuan ($9.7bn; £7.2bn), boosted by steady sales in its core businesses. The first three months of the year are usually slow for Alibaba, coming after the boost from Singles Day in November. Alibaba is one of the […]
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Hawaii volcano shoots lava into sky; evacuations ordered
byHawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted Thursday, sending lava shooting into the air in a residential neighborhood and prompting mandatory evacuation orders for nearby homes. Hawaii County said steam and lava poured out of a crack in Leilani Estates, which is near the town of Pahoa on the Big Island. Footage shown on local television showed lava […]
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Apple hits record high after Buffett’s Berkshire increases stake
byApple Inc’s stock hit an all-time high on Friday after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc disclosed it had bought 75 million more shares of the iPhone maker in the first three months of the year. Buffett’s increased stake, confirmed by a representative of the billionaire investor, pushed Apple’s shares up as much as 3.8 percent […]
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